Less than a fortnight after setting up, Ernst & Young’s new associate Washington DC law firm has gone on a poaching spree and brought in two new partners. McKee Nelson Ernst & Young, which is backed by a loan from Ernst & Young and based in the accountants’ Washington offices, has persuaded King & Spalding […]

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Less than a fortnight after setting up, Ernst & Young’s new associate Washington DC law firm has gone on a poaching spree and brought in two new partners. McKee Nelson Ernst & Young, which is backed by a loan from Ernst & Young and based in the accountants’ Washington offices, has persuaded King & Spalding […]

A leading family law partner from London firm Dawson Cornwell has won the inaugural Child Rights Lawyer of the Year award, jointly sponsored by The Lawyer and UNICEF. Anne-Marie Hutchinson, an international custody dispute specialist, was given the award for work to secure rights since the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was […]

Lawyers abroad take their lives in their hands, and a foot out of place in an Islamic country can cost you a deal. Chris Dignan walks lightly through the manners’ minefield facing those who ply their trade in dangerous climes. The end of Soviet communism, thawing relations with Arab states and increasing globalisation mean Western […]

Slaughter and May has stepped in to represent Anglo American on its £1.2bn bid for Tarmac after Linklaters & Alliance – Anglo American’s usual legal adviser – was conflicted out. Linklaters is unable to represent Anglo American as it is acting for longtime client Tarmac. Nigel Boardman, corporate partner at Slaughters, says the firm is […]

Theodore Goddard’s head of its commercial law group has become a partner. Lesley Hall joined the firm from Berwin Leighton in January while associate Claire Shepherd, formally of Linklaters & Alliance and head of the environmental law group at Theodore Goddard, has also been promoted to partner level. McKee Nelson Ernst & Young, the new […]

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